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veronica is tracking it. learning new details about the's rests in the murder of a high school sophomore. and historic changes for the military. good evening. well, round 1 is done, we are now bracing for round 2. more snow, and this time during rush hour. stafford county virginia schools announced 90 minutes ago school is closed for tomorrow. the main roads for the most part are cleared, but the side streets remain covered in snow. veronica johnson is tracking the latest timetable for you. >> we're just not getting a break, right? no winter and now it's wind with little storms and very cold air. your next storm derg the afternoon and evening rush on friday. that snowfall will develop. there you see it, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., should all be east of us by midnight, but as the storm
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system unfolds, as we go through the afternoon rush, there will probably be around an inch of snow on the ground, could be accumulating on area roads, light, powdery, possibly slippery. we'll have around 2 inch, maybe slightly more in certain areas. look at the rare dare. storm team 4 radar, there's nothing going on. the next system still getting its act together way, way out. the temperatures in between the cold air, the icy conditions, as the winds turn light as they temperatures will start dropping off. you folks up to the north, your temperature heading on down to -- from 21 degrees down into the low teens by later tonight, we're at 23 degrees in manassas, so it really gets cold, 12 by morning there, 15 in fredericksburg. cold and icy for the morning. more details, what your neighborhood could get, coming
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up. thanks veronica. as we wait for the next round, many people in the virginia suburbs are wondering where are the snowplows? vdot says unless side streets get 2 or more irges, none of the plows will go to the secondary roads. adam? >> reporter: doreen, it's been another day of winter weather and travel. here on smaller subdivision roads like tyler avenue in falls church, the snow from last night and this morning still sticking to the ground. in fact it's getting icy here now. now it's time to focus on what could be coming tomorrow. >> do your errands sooner rather than later, try to stay off the roads, help us out so we can get out and treat the roads. >> reporter: that's the record about what could be coming. as for what happened today. smaller subdivision roads and cul-de-sacs were left untouched,
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because there wasn't enough snow on the ground. >> we don't actually plow into subdivisions unless you have 2 inches or more. this particular storm, we did not have 2 inches. >> reporter: that doesn't mean there aren't plowing available. chris says his company has been get calls for service all over. >> reporter: you go the to salt and do what you can? >> i've got to meet the owner of the company and he'll show me where to go. >> reporter: for some, it was a welcome sight. >> i'm semiretired, so it doesn't make any difference to me. it gets me out of the house. >> reporter: sidewalks bess swept, turning a lot of what's on the ground into ice with the potential for more winter weather coming in tomorrow, some have a tip. >> slow. drive slow. don't switch lanes and be sensible, and take a deep breath. be patient.
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>> reporter: back here now live on tyler avenue in falls church, the icy crunch starting to set inened you're feith. vdot will be out pretreating the roads in advance of whatever weather is on the way tomorrow. reporting live? falls church, adam tuesday, news4. we just talked to prince williams county schools and a spokesman says they'll make the decision in the morning. today there was enough snow for the district to close. many were out with shovels and brushes today. when you're 2-year-old, it is the little things that make you happy. there is a little girl in calvert county who did not sleep automatic night long, waiting to see snow for the first time in her life. she got her witch, and she got to see pat collins for the first time in her life. he joins us live with a look at the conditions down there. >> reporter: last year i got a brand-new snow stick, but no snow. timely now something to measure. we begin with the story of
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marly. do you have what it was like when you saw your first snow and how much fun it was? to play in it? marly's first snow. marly is 2 1/2 years old. she did it all. the sledding. >> are you ready? >> lay there. >> the snow angels with her pop pop. her grandmother stayed home from work to make it all happen. >> she's been up since 4:00 waiting for the snow to stop. snow angels, everything. i think she has a trail of snow angels from here do you to sandy point road. >> reporter: what you got? >> about 2 inches. >> reporter: this is the frozen tundra, calvert county style. billowy snow clouds floating across farmland. remnants of a winter weather event. it almost seems upsidedown.
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people south of washington got much more snow than we did. don't get me wrong, it wasn't a blzard or a whiteout, but it was measurable and measuring snow is what we're all about. 2 inches. 2 inches here in bowings maryland. >> that's right. >> reporter: i'm here with sherrill kelley. i've got the snow stick, she's got the shovel. this is her driveway. this could take all day. >> i don't want it to. >> reporter: what's it look like to you? >> 2 inches. >> reporter: you want more? >> lots more. >> reporter: keep it coming? >> that's right. >> no school, no school, no school. >> reporter: you see, for kids snow has magical powers. it closes schools action and transforms ordinary fields and backyards into wonderlands of play. that ride on that saucer, even down the smallest of hills -- is
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that fun alexis? >> yeah, it's fun. >> reporter: it's a smile maker. not much, but it was measurable. the stick is at the ready. bring on that snow. live in calrt county, pat collins, news4. >> pat in a hat. thank you, pat. if you don't have the weather app. what are you waiting for? you need to download that bad boy now before tomorrow's snow that's expected during the rush hour. search nbc washington weather in the app. store or google play. right now two united airlines planes are out of service while inspectors look for damage. they clipped wings. federal aviation administration officials say an arriving plane was pulling into gate c-12 when the wing clipped -- passengers on board flight 951 from brussels got off and were taken
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to customs. nobody was hurt. the parked plane was empty. we have a developing story in prince george's county. tonight we now know two teens have been arrested for the murder of 16-year-old marcus jones, pictured here. he was a sophomore at friendly high in ft. washington. erika gonzalez joins us live from police headquarters with new information for you. >> reporter: wendy, yes, you said they have two suspects there. teenagers, 17 and 19. they were actively looking for a third suspect in what they are calling a dueling act between two rivalry gangs. now, let's talk about what happened this past weekend. marcus antonio jones, 16 years old, the victim of what police say dueling violence. the two arrested, a 17-year-old and 19-year-old kwante fisher, in jail with no bond.
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police say one gun was recovered from the scene, however witnesses say they heard multiple shots fired in the air. they're actively looking for another weapon. the principal of the high school shocked, saying that he knew of these gangs or groups within the school and that they are going to be doing mentoring, reaching out toward these young message. police saying they have two young men, 17 and 19, actively looking for a suspect. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, erica. defense secretary leone panetta says women already play an integral role in our military's success, but tonight they're one step closer to serving on the front line. steve handelsman has more. steer? steve? >> all eyes quickly turned to tough-talking war hero,
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republican senator john mccain, saying allowing women to serve in combat units is the right thing to do. for women like these in boot camp at paris island, the change will open up more than 2,000 jobs that had been available only to men. no changes made in toughness or strength standards. >> if they can meet the qualifications for the job, then they should have the right to serve. >> defense secretary leone panetta pointed out 150 women have been killed in combat, serving in iraq and afghanistan with men. >> they're fighting and dying together. and the time has come for our policies to recognize that reality. >> reporter: women can move immediately to medium-size combat brigades as pilots, medics and the like. small frontline combat platoons will not be open to women, maybe for years until commander can
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propose specific units that might remain men only, like the navy s.e.a.l.s or delta force commandos the retired lieutenant general boykin of the family research council say all front line units should remained closed. >> my concern is the primal living conditions, rudimentary environments provides for no separation between sdexs, and therefore puts both men and women in very humiliating situation. >> jennifer hunt, whose humvee was flown up in iraq, got a purple heart, then sued the army to end gender discrimination. >> unit cohesion is based on people being different and bringing their own experiences to the team, and not everybody being the same. >> reporter: or the same sex, said the pentagon today. still, it could be 2016 before women know which front line
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combat units might be open, if any. i'm steve handelsman, news4. hillary rodham clinton's time is almost over, just one more week, her likely replacement, senator john kerry, passed his first today. he did not meet much opposition today. he's expected to be easily confirmed by the full senate. senator robert menendez nearly gave him the job today. >> mr. secretary -- senator, in this respect. >> that's all right. i'm ready. [ laughter ] >> i thought this could be quick -- secretary clinton and republican senator john mccain endorsed senator kerry at the start of today's hearing. the fairfax county school bloord meetings in less than an hour whether to decide to expand the gifted program, a.a.p. administrators want to add it to they limitnary skiles, four
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middle schools to create more slots for gifted students, but some parents worry that rapidly expanding the program will weaken it. school board members have expressed concern that the district needs to address overcrowding issues first. still ahead on "news4 at 6," d.c.'s police chief fires back after a new report is released, claiming that not all sexual assaults are reported accurately. a major push to ban assault weapons. the d.c. area not the only place feeling the blast. up north where rivers are turning icy. and virginia's governor and the
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tonight reaction from the white house s jay carney says is the north korean test would be a significant violations of united nations resolutions. today north korea made clear the long-range rockets are designed gnome to launch satellites, but carry warhead aimed at striking the united states. describing the murders of children as a call to action, lawmakers today introduced a tough new gun control bill. it would ban 158 assault rifles, and semiautomatic weapons along with magazines with more than ten rounds of ammunition. supporters say the proposal does
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not impact more than 2,000 sport weapons. getting the bill through congress will be tough. the national rifle association argues that any attempt to limit guns violates the second amendment. for the second day rivers are freezing near the boston area. check out this merrimack river in lawrence. despite the sun, it's completely frozen over. the low temperature today up there, 1 degree. the arctic blast made it feel like it was 5 below zero at times. >> doesn't it make you feel better when you look at that? >> no, it's not -- i want to look at miami. >> there you go. >> i want to see beaches. >> i'm looking for the ice climbers going after that. >> and they do just that. >> don't give them any ideas. >> yes, really. >> we have one down, now there's mooreheaded our way? >> maybe some freezing tonight. >> exactly -- not maybe, but for sure some freezing.
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take it easiy tomorrow, maybe head out early heading to work. as far as the storms we've gotten, they've got they little pathetic anemic small storms like the one overnight, 1 to 3 inches of snowfall. we still have not gotten other first inch of snow at reagan national. our temperatures currently sit throughout the area. take a look at the snowfall totals, what we received with this past storm systems, again no official inch at railing, you about 1.5 at manassas, an inch of snow around winchester. the broad article to the north of d.c., too. culpepper, stafford county, spotsle vannia, 5 inches in fact in lexington park. that area -- stafford county, no school for tomorrow. we wanted to show you this, the
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winter weather advisory. we are currently not this it. that could change by the time i go back on at 11ic. the advisories are east and west. in fact a storm warning for around oakland, areas there, some of the highers ridges of northeastern west virginia, where they're expecting 8 to 10 inches of snow, so i do expect this to fill in, national weather service using criteria an inch of snow taking place during any rush hour. i think there's a possibility of us getting that. 26 degrees your temperature. northwest wind at 13 miles per hour. this wind will settle down, the temperatures will continue to drop again, the air dry, the windchill at 15 degrees right now, so cold tonight as the winds turn light to calm by morning. 23 degrees manassas, culpepper. you folks in d.c. around tacoma park 26, green belt maryland
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currently at 23. the windchill temperatures, some ten degrees lower than the actual air temperature. that's because of the wind. the temperature and wind factored together your windchill reading. at least by tomorrow morning, as the air temps drop into the teens, the wind will be light. storm that em4 radar, nothing going on our next weather system is developing way to the right. the temperature anywhere from 13 to 18 degrees inside the beltway. sets up tomorrow at 7:20. here is our storm system, way off to the west. tennessee, areas up around chicago, two areas of low pressure, that in fact is our next storm system, trying to come together, as they both move eastward, producing snowfall here around 3:00. 2:00, 3:00, moving in from the west.
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light snow, but then as we get into the late afternoon, i think that snow will pick up just a bit, again dry, powdery snow blowing around a bit by the time we get to late afternoon and evening. some of the amounts that we'll be left with, again over an inch, maybe two, saturday cold and sunshine, there's a look at your snowfall totals, 1 to 2 inches expected. calvert beach could see more than that, up around 2 inches of snowfall. i'm expecting a warm-up above freezing, guys, 33 to 36, but watch what happened next week, into the 50s, maybe even close to 60 on wednesday uchts what? >> a big whoa. all this stuff will be gone by thursday. we'll appreciate the 50 degrees after this bitter coal. we'll be running around in flip-flops. red light cameras having an impact in one local city.
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that's coming up. she made history. today she was pulled out of a burning home. we are live in prince george's county with the latest on her condition sgl also the silver line, purple, now metro has another long-term idea. coming up in sports, the capitals still trying to get that elusive first win. in tennis, an american phenom finally meets her match. plus the ravens get ready for super bowl xlvi. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt.
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a new report claims that d.c. police handled several z scores -- this is a story you saw first on news4. >> the report is under fair, the police chief says it's misleading and off the mark. she's already called for outside oversight of cases being questioned. meanwhile, a former nursing director said she witnessed mistreatment of victims, but acknowledges that police have made big changes for the better. >> they come in at a vulnerable time and felt that they came in seeking help it wasn't available to them from the law enforcement, people they
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expected to trust. >> reporter: until last june she worked as director of s.a.n.e., they speak with and perform rape kit tests on sexual assault victims out of the washington hospital center. she says early during her tenure there were cases mishandled by two or at least police detectives. this woman says she was a victim of sexual assault and she felt the detective discouraged her from filing the report. >> the expert was humiliating, but it wasn't until i talked to the police that i felt shamed. >> these are women that actually came in and they wanted the evidence collect ed, that wante the case pursued. >> the advocacy group human rights watch claimed that the d.c. police mishandled scores of sex assault cases.
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the group said it couldn't find indent reports on 170 cases over three years the. >> dozens of people who work with victims, for different community organizations, that they were concerned that cases weren't being taken seriously and victims were being treated insensitively, and bealsoed and discouraged from reporting and not believed when they went to the police for help. >> occasionally you have people who don't do their jobs properly. those cases we have to remove the people and address the conduct, but that is not the culture in this agency. >> reporter: the police chief disputes the study, and that human rights watch lacks understanding in how investigations are documented. further, reporting of cases is actually up. >> my fear is because this report is based largely on older
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data, incident involves one or two detectives no longer in the unit it's it's not painting the picture of the current. i don't want it to have a chilling effect. >> reporter: the former director of s.a.n.e. noticed big improvements a year ago. >> bring in detectives, properly training them, getting them acclimated, ensuring that they were following through with it. >> in addition to asking the justice department to review the handling of some of those cases, the chief has been aggressive in outreach. to prevent sexual assaults. she's also creating a website now where victims from that disputed time period can file a complaint. doreen and went,? >> jim handly, thank you. a sales pitch in fairfax county today from virginia governor bob mcdonald. his plan to boost funding is gaining support, but's julie
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carey explains, it has opponents even in the governor's own party -- >> reporter: governor mcdonald gathered together northern virginia business leaders to help make the pitch to raise $3.1 billion over the next five years, but the corner torn has a tax cut and tack hike. the governor would scrap the gas tax and hike the state sales stacks, 5 cents to 5.8 cents, but mcdonald's plan has competition, including proposals from some gop lawmakers from northern virginia, and senate democrats, angry about a surprise redistricting bid by the gop counterpart have threatened to block the governor's plan. >> unlike the bills, we have the support of the community and the business leaders. that's why i think we have a shot of passing. >> reporter: fairfax county chamber of commerce has put its support behind the governor. >> there's a crisis in funding for transportation initiatives in northern virginia and across the state.
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>> reporter: the case was strengthened by showing 2:1 support among virginians in a recent survie, 63 percent favored the are the support it. we also found a majority of drivers like the idea of trading the gas tax for a slightly higher sales tax. >> we're already paying enough in general for gas as it is. there's got to be a better way to do it. i would be more in favor of paying more for general durable goods that i buy over the counter every day. >> but this man reasons a higher gas tax makes more sense. >> gas taxes are the most direct relationship to who's using the roads, so it seems the fairest thing is to raise the money you need to get taxes. >> reporter: the governor's plan faces the first big text next week when key how and senate committees take their first vote. police now say murdered
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teenager marcus jones was the victim of gabe violence. the friendly high school sophomore was shot and killed outside a party on saturday night. in the crossfire of a suspected gang rivalry. two other teenagers are under arrest. please are still searching for a third suspect. as we anticipate more snow, some northern virginia residents who didn't see snowplows today may not see them tomorrow either. vdot has a policy to not plow secondary streets unless there's 2 or more inches of snow on the ground. the resources of limited. some are turning to private plow drivers to clear out their neighborhoods. two united planes clip wings at dulles. federal aviation officials say an arriving plane culling boo c-12 clipped a wing of an
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adjacent plane. the passengers got off and we are taken to customer toms. the parked plane was empty. a woman remains in critical condition. we are learning that the victim is the former state del at. tracee wilkins joins us to tell us more. >> just a tragedy this has happened. >> reporter: a living legend. neighbors and friends confirm that former maryland delegate 83-year-old christine jones was found lifeless inside her temple hills home this morning after a major house fire. >> she was found to be not breathing and no pulse. the paramedics transported her to an area hospital in critical condition. while at the hospital she did regain a pulse, however remains in extremely critical condition. >> reporter: jones, originally from texas, taught in the school system for more than 20 years before becoming the first
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african-american to represent prince george's county, and the maryland general assembly in 1982. >> she still was involved, yes, she was. yes. she was always, anything you needed or anything you need done, she would help you. >> reporter: she held numerous leadership roles in the statehouse before leaving in 1994. officials say the fire started in her bedroom. they are still working on an exact cause. >> a how is it materialistic. you can't get more than one life. that's all that really matters right now for miss jones. >> senator anthony mus, who represents this area and you'll gilesed her husband just a few years ago say -- we in our community know her as a caring educator, one who is committed to civil rights and to the advancement of the 26th legislative district where show served. she is also a trail blader for
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african-american women in politics in prince george's county, maryland. she remains in critical condition. folks are praying for her recovery from annapolis to prince george's county. this woman is a legend. police are -- fire is still working to to try to figure out what caused the fire. it is not considered suspicious. reportic live in temple hills. an usual in move in the murder trial of a former culpepper virginia police officer. tomorrow the jurors will be visiting the scene of is the shooting. daniel harmon wright is charged with shooting patricia cook as she drove away from a church parking lot. he claimed he acted in self-defense. today a witness, ann skyler testified she saw the shooting. she said the officer was never stuck in the car's window, never dragged, and never in the past of cook's jeep. red light cameras do get drivers to stop at
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intersections. is the insurance institute for highway safety released a new stilledy. the report found flagrant violations dropped as much as 86% after cameras with are installed at four intersections. sneerly 550 jurisdictions here and around the condition now use those red light cameras. an early study in large cities showed that fatalities also dropped by 25%. new metro tunnels could be coming to our area in transit leaders get their way. metro management presented the expansion plan for the board of directors. they news tunnels would be built at the core of the metro system on lines that share tunnels. they also want express tracks on the silver and the orange lines in virginia. it will cost an decisional $740 million a year. metro leaders are challenging local leaders to help with a funding plan. d.c., maryland, virginia and the federal government all contribute to metro's budget. misuse of taxpayer money,
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security escorts to sexual trips, attempts at accomplice cal sabotage. those are just some of the accusations again executive john leopold on trial for misconduct. derrick ward has a look at the evidence revealed today in court. >> reporter: on the stand timothy phelan, in charge of the security detail form he said leopold tom him to place a campaign sign, but then changed his mind. another officer testified earlier that he drove leopold around as he took down opponents' signs, and another officer was called upon to empty a catheter bag, as he was recovering from surgery during his reelection bid. this woman who worked for the county executive said she was improperly fired, filing a separate lawsuit. she's watching this trial with particular interest. >> i understand it totally. i was uncomfortable as well, but it was expected to do what you were told to do, because if you
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didn't, you would face the consequence. >> reporter: the defense attorney got the officer from leopold'ssh to say there was knolls real written directive what the officers could and cooperate do. he sought transfer, citing stress that he was made to drive him around on the weekends. >> he was using the protective officers as servants. basically that's what they were, his servants, to do his -- try to keep his girl friends away from each other, do his laundry, pick up a sandwich. there was other tim about the overtime expenses, the crux of the case that leopold betrayed his fiduciary trust, essentially using public fences for private purposes. the judge will decide his guilt or innocence. he faces a max mum of five years in prison.
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when we come back, you know kids love the snow. did you know the animals at the zoo are loving it as well? >> another reason to watch out for germs of the the latest vire that's spreading quickly. veronica, we have a refreeze heading our way? >> that's right. and then slippery travel for tomorrow afternoon with new snow. another storm to talk about, a little one.
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just hours away from a big event. hundreds of thousands are expected on the national mall, this time for the annual march for life rally. anti-demonstration protesters will gather at noon. several streets in the area will be closed off, some until 6:00 tomorrow night. this week marks 40 years since the supreme court's landmark decision legalizing abortion. the flu isn't the only thing to worry about. the centers for disease control and preven says a new strain of nor ovirus is sweeping our country. nor ovirus is the leading cause of stomach ailments. the cdc says from september to december more than half of the outbreaks were caused by this new strain. doctors say new cases typically peak in january. the virus is extremely contagious. experts recommend disinfecting surfaces more frequently, and frequently washing your hands. here's one creature,
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mahjong, the panda, enjoying the fresh fallon snow. she's used to it, coming from the bamboo forests the china where it gets quite cold. zoo officials said she spent much of the morning frolicking, and we inhave that independents only if her partner were frolicking with her. >> maybe we would have exciting news about baby pandas. >> does she have her own twitter handle? >> apparently she does. >> yeah, who knew? >> the little paws. >> probably more followers than all of us combined. coming up in sports, the harbaugh brothers coaching against each other, one of the members of the family gets pranked by one of the coaching sons. the wizards encounter problems. and why adam oates says there's no such thing as 110%, as "news4 at 6" continues.
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so take it slow on area roads tonight. behind me the temperatures. by tomorrow morning we'll be headed way down, folks. fairfax, virginia, just 12 degrees, around oakton, shade,side, around green belt, down to 18 or 19 degrees, very
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cold and real easy to see things ice up. the other thing we'll have to deal with, take a look, olney, maryland, the hometown forecast, 18 degrees, feeling like 9, then the wind will get lighter by tomorrow morning. we're dry for tomorrow morning. clouds around the area, as we get into 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow. that is snow that you're looking at. olney, maryland, hometown forecast, pretty much what the entire area will see, it picks up in intensity, as we move through the evening hours. 23 still your temperature, still snows until about 11:30 tomorrow night no about midnight. that snow will be shutting off and moving out. culpepper, warrenton, areas into gayering burse, sterling sealing 1 to 2 inches of snowfall. just to the ease, so annapolis, lexington park, you may be doing just a bit more sweeping. this is really not shoveling type of snow.
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1 to 2isms light and powdery, it gets slippery again as we go into early saturday morning. there's your saturday. icy spots early in the morning. four-day forecast. if you've been looking for a warm-up, yes, a bit of a warm-up. 36 degrees, dry conditions, and a huge warm-up as we get into the beginning of next week. it's a chance of rain. intoic to you. >> thanks, veronica. the ravens are getting ready. >> hard to believe, what, 35, 38 miles up the road we have a super bowl team getting ready to head to new orleans. very exciting. ravens started super bowl preparations today. got a bit of good news. ed reed announced before practice he's returning next season, leaving the last right speeches to ray lewis. reed and the rest of his teammates sound ready to perform on football's grandest stage. >> first off, you've got to embrace it, you know.
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i'm not going to shy around to say this isn't the best feeling in my life. i've never been to a super bowl games, i told myself i'm never going to one unless i'm playing in it. this is the one that i finally get to say i'm playing in itivities there's a lot of people in this league that can't say they've ever gotten to this point. it definitely feels good to get here. we have a lot of guys on our team that have played long careers. this is their first time here. we realize how special it is. that's why we have to work hard and make sure we make the most of it. >> like joe said, everybody doesn't get the chance to play in a super bowl, win a super bowl, and it's just amazing, to me, man. i'm just soaking it up, i told bernard, i don't need anything else in life outside of my son graduating college, you know, i'm good, man, i don't need anything else. i'm good right now. >> ravens' saved ed reed.
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big one for the caps, the guys still looking to pick up their first points of the season and trying to avoid the first season opening three-game losing streak? nearly two decades. good news, montreal is in town, a team that caps have beaten six straight times. adam oates still trying to get his guys to clean up the sloppy play. >> there's no hutch thing as 110%. you have to show up and play your game. it's a lot of minutes, just trying to identify conditions versus fatigue. and, you know, we've got a game sunday afternoon, three games in four days with a practice in between. that's a lot of hockey. >> it's tough. you've got to stay positive. you've got to tell each other, pick each other up. there will be games where some guys have great games, others don't. you have to make sure we're helping each other enough that we can help and have fun.
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michael getting the start in goal tonight. caps and wizards' owner told us he hopes to see the wizards playing .500 level playoff basketball for the rest of the season. what, doreen? you're laughing. >> we're all hoping for that. >> but they are 4-3 since john wall returned, but last night they were singing the blues jammal tinsley and utah, a very talented bunch. gordon hayward had him himself a night. 16 points and 15 rebounds. hayward wasn't just dishing. check out this little behind the back move in the lane here, and then the up-and-under. the former bulldog, the highlight, jamaal tinsley through the legislation of trevor booker, and then the lay-up. wow. watch this more. booker said i knew that was coming.
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92-88 was the final, and streamers coming down for big an eight-win team. very excited in utah. wiz back at home tomorrow night. for a day, american teenager sloan stevens was the biggest story in tennis, then azarenka happened. the 19-year-old no match for victoria azarenka, who moved into the pine. sloan steven, just getting to the aussie open semis was pretty good, but azarenka was all business. stevens did have her moments like this one, serving in the near court, down 2-0. check out this beautiful backhand winner. 19-year-old liking that, but it was downhill from there. setpoint, stevens in the near court, as azarenka with a perfect lob shot right here. she's pumped as she picks up the first set. second set, match point azarenka in the far court ballotsing a sore knee, but she will prevail
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as stevens hits it out j.c. barely. azarenka will take on lina in the final. back to the super bowl. jim and john harbaugh, the first set of brothers to face off in the super bowl, the nfl had a conference call today with the harbaugh parents, and the harbaugh brothers' sister jonny. during that conference call they had an unexpected guest. >> our next question comes from john from baltimore. your line is open. >> yeah, question from baltimore. is it true that both of you like jim better than john? >> you did not -- is that john? >> is that john harbaugh? [ laughter ] >> that was me, john. >> hey, mom was ready to come right through this phone. i'm so happy that joanie recognized your voice. >> got the fighting spirit up. that's the way it should be. that's all i needed to hear. i just need to know that.
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>> i love the stunned silence when they're like, they found out our secret. how did they know? >> i hoe people will go easy on the parents. i feel intoed for them. who do they root for? >> i think it will be fun, the owned split jersey routine. what a grand time it is for that family. >> it really is. >> thank you, dan. coming up next, lottery winners who was down on her luck is now paying it
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got a lot on our weather plate right now? >> we do. but i'm already looking to next week for the warm-up. until then we have to deal with icy patches tomorrow morning, more snowfall during the afternoon. it's not going to be a big system for us, but the fact that it's going to okur during the afternoon and evening rush will make it problematic for many of those secretary untreated roads. 1 to 2 inches through the area, slightly amounts through eastern charleston county, and down through st. mary's and calvert. and a big weather special is this weekend. saturday at 7:00 p.m., if you
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want to know what the rest of the winter is looking like, that's included in our winter special. we were more stories on wind driving, clothing, foods that will keep you warm, too. >> hopefully we don't have to look out the window toss what it will be like. >> thanks, veronica. >> you bet. a woman in the cincinnati area who recently hit the lottery is now giving back to a group that helped her out. regina jackson struggled to feed her family. she says a local organization helped her out. while she's incredibly thankful, she remembered they could only ever give her two rolls of toilet paper at a time, something she points out doesn't last very long with a family. with her winnings, she's donated 5,000 rolls of teemee to the group. sharman heard the story and donated more. her friends now call her the toilet paper lady. that's just fine by her.
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>> very grateful. it is the little things, as we learned from the 2-year-old tonight. >> that's right. thanks for joining us i6789s nightly news is up next. see you at 11:00.
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